Famous Birthdays In December - 06

1831  On December - 06 birth of joshua Woodrow Sill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1833  On December - 06 birth of john Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), died in 1916   

1841  On December - 06 birth of frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)   

1843  Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher was born on December - 06.   

1846  Henryk Jarecki, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history birth of august von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)   

1853  Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931) was born on December - 06.   

1863  On this day in history birth of charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)   

1870  William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) was born on December - 06.   

1872  Mikulas Moyzes, composer was born on December - 06.   

1872  William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946) was born on December - 06.   

1875  On December - 06 birth of evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)   

1876  On this day in history birth of fred Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1932)   

1884  Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) was born on this day in history.   

1885  Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) was born on this day in history.   

1886  Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history birth of joseph Lamb, composer   

1887  Lynn Fontanne, Woodford England, Bdwy actress (Dulcy, Arms & the Man) was born on December - 06.   

1888  Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949) was born on December - 06.   

1890  On December - 06 birth of dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946)   

1890  Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951) was born on December - 06.   

1890  Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955) was born on December - 06.   

1892  F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame) was born on December - 06.   

1892  On December - 06 birth of lina Carstens, Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug)   

1893  Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960) was born on this day in history.   

1896  Arnold Foster, composer was born on December - 06.   

1896  On this day in history birth of george Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears)   

1896  On this day in history birth of ira Gershwin, lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)   

1897  On December - 06 birth of john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

1897  On December - 06 birth of o W Cisek, writer   

1898  On this day in history birth of alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist   

1898  On December - 06 birth of gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, sociologist/economist (Nobel 1974)   

1898  Herman Shumlin, actor (Watch on the Rhine) was born on December - 06.   

1899  On this day in history birth of harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith   

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0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)